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Cachets- Unusual Mailing Delivery Methods - What's Yours?

 
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Posted 10/19/2023   8:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add hawaiianbrian to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Here are some examples of unusual mailing delivery methods.

First Transpacific Mail By Outrigger Canoe, from Honolulu, Hawaii to Pago Pago, Samoa.


In the town of Kalaupapa, on the island of Molokai, Hawaii, "Mail By Mule".





Lastly, from the HAPEX (Hawaiian Philatelic Society), November 1974, "Via Surfboard" Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.


Talking about Waikiki Beach, below is my favorite image taken in 1941.
Hopefully the girl does not get in the way of Waikiki Beach!




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The Camel Express

I have one of these covers somewhere but I can't find it. The one pictured is not mine.

From http://stampsla.com/2023/04/21/exhi...cal-cachets/

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November 4, 1935 saw an improbable procession of three camels plodding south along the old road on the crest of what is now Interstate 5 near Lebec, traveling from Fort Tejon to Los Angeles. Over a distance of 80 miles through the Santa Clarity Valley and the Cahuenga Pass (although driven part way by truck, it was rumored), they carried some 7000 pieces of mail to Los Angeles.
The "Camel Express" was organized by the Philatelic Club to commemorate a brief experiment in the use of these animals as part of the Butterfield Overland Mail Line in the 1860's. The officiating Postmasters at each end of the run were both members of the Club. Special labels with the legend "Revival of the Camel Express" were printed by the Club and were available in orange, lilac or green.
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Got a kick from all of them--thanks.
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A few more, a cover transported by Travel trailer and one that travelled by dog sled.
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How about covered wagon? Slow, but steady.

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